Wang Xiufang is a retired teacher who has worked hard all her life to teach and educate people, and after her retirement, she did not sit idle, but devoted herself to community volunteering. She often said: "It is my greatest happiness to live, learn, serve and contribute to the community." "
However, on a seemingly ordinary afternoon, Wang Xiufang suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest and had difficulty breathing while serving in the community. Seeing this, her colleague hurriedly sent her to the hospital. After a series of examinations, doctors diagnosed Wang Xiufang with acute myocardial infarction.
When the children rushed to the hospital, Wang Xiufang had already passed away. When they learned of their mother's illness, the children were grieved and full of doubts. "My mother has always paid attention to health, has a light diet, and insists on exercising every day, how can she suddenly have a heart attack?"
The doctor sighed and said, "Health is important, but heart health can't just be seen. Although Ms. Wang has a healthy diet and loves sports, her physical examination report shows that her blood pressure, blood lipids and blood sugar are all somewhat high. In addition, she is old, and the burden on her heart is already aggravated, and once she develops the disease, the risk is naturally higher. "
The children were stunned: "But my mother has always been in good health, where do we want to get this? And she has an optimistic personality and never lets herself be idle, how can she be 'self-inflicted'?"
"Mental health is just as important as heart health," the doctor explains. Overwork and stress can lead to heart disease. I understand the mood of the elderly who want to shine, but they also need to do what they can and give their bodies proper rest.
In addition, regular physical examinations are also indispensable, and many heart diseases have no obvious symptoms in the early stage, and only through physical examinations can they be detected early and intervened in time. "
The children nodded their heads again and again, and were full of remorse. They realized that their mother's death might have been avoided. If they could spend more time with their mothers and share the pressure for her, and if they could persuade her to have regular check-ups and take the initiative to manage her health, maybe the outcome would have been different.
Wang Xiufang's story teaches us a painful lesson.
While it's true that a light diet and moderate exercise are good ways to protect your heart, we can't equate health simply with a lifestyle. Heart health requires comprehensive management, focusing on both physical and psychological care, as well as treatment and prevention.
According to statistics, more than 2 million people die from cardiovascular diseases in mainland China every year, and a considerable number of them have unhealthy lifestyle habits.
This reminds us that heart health is not completely under the control of an individual, but is also affected by multiple factors such as age, genetics, and environment. In the face of such a complex health problem, what we need to do is to do our best to prevent, detect and treat early.
First of all, we need to establish a correct concept of health. Heart health doesn't happen overnight, it requires long-term, sustained effort. Eating a balanced diet, exercising moderately, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, and managing emotions are all effective ways to protect your heart.
At the same time, we should also have regular physical examinations, pay attention to blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids and other indicators, so that we know what to do, find problems in time, and intervene in time.
Secondly, we need to face up to the importance of mental health, because in today's fast-paced and competitive society, people are generally facing great stress, and excessive stress and emotional imbalance can become the cause of heart disease.
Therefore, we need to learn to release stress and regulate emotions. Talking to family and friends, engaging in hobbies, and learning to meditate are all great ways to relieve stress.
In addition, all sectors of society should also take responsibility for caring for the heart health of the elderly. Children should accompany the elderly more and provide more spiritual comfort; communities should carry out various forms of health education activities to popularize the knowledge of heart health care; medical institutions should optimize the process of seeking medical treatment and provide more intimate and thoughtful services for the elderly.
Only when the whole society works together to create an atmosphere of caring for the elderly, can we truly escort the heart health of the elderly.
The tragic passing of this aunt reminds us that heart health needs comprehensive care, and that a one-sided healthy lifestyle may mask deeper problems.
We should learn from this and pay more attention to our own heart health, and also call on all sectors of society to take action together to provide more protection for the heart health of the elderly.
Let us join hands and treat life with reverence and health with science. I hope that more people can learn from this aunt's story, early prevention, early detection, and early treatment, so that a healthy heart can accompany us through every spring and autumn of life.